County Levy Fixed At 100 Mills In King County
King County commissioners set next year’s tax levy at 100 mills, down from 13.3 this year and 16.3 in 1919. The hearing drew strong debate, with reductions proposed for the King Humane Society and juvenile court funds. A Mercer Island bridge plan and ferry service changes also featured in the contentious session.
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King County
Homer M. Hill
Taxpayers’ League
King Humane Society
C. C. Dalm
John B. Wright
King Dykeman
Laurence Colman
T. Bn
Bellevue
W. Beck
Frank Terrace
Mercer Island
Claude C. Ramsay
Feas
Washington
Watson Emerges as GOP Leader in Senate Shakeup
Oct. 6 report notes a Republican shift in the Senate with Senator Watson rising as the actual GOP leader while Lodge, Curtis, and Cummins, Penrose take comparatively minor roles in the evolving lineup.
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Republic
Senate
Watson
Lodge
Curtis, Cummins
Penrose
Edison Is Ill With Cold In New Jersey
Thomas A. Edison is confined to his home in Orange New Jersey with a cold. The illness is described as not serious and he is resting at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Orange
N. J
A. Edison
Radium treatment promise in health advertisement
An old advertisement promotes a radium based device claiming relief from constipation rheumatism sciatica gout neuritis nervous prostration high blood pressure stomach heart lungs and other ailments. It touts continuous p active rays to heal tissues and nerves and offers trial at 279 Bradbury Building Los Angeles with no obligation.
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Radium Ap- Co
Bradbury Bidg
Los Calif
Yankees Giants Open Series With Festive Field Show
A lively pregame scene as the Giants and Yankees arrive around 12:26 to 12:55. Babe Ruth draws cheers and the crowd waves as players begin practice at 1:15. Ruth homers off Shawkey, band plays, and Eddie Grant monument wreath is laid before the game.
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Giants
Fied
Gianta
Elmer Miller
Hawks
Ferguson
Bob Meuse
Miller Fluggine
Jess Burkett
Ruth
Shawkey
Babe Ruth
Babe
Ceeil Causey
Hugh Jennings
Big Ed Brown
Frisch
Charles Rigler
Quigley
Chil
Miller
Ian
John Heydler
National League
Judge Landis
Baseball
Phil Douglas
Shbuffier
Gaston
Yanks
Flroi
Eddie Grant
Argonne
Mays
Southard Murder Trial May Feature Idaho Officials
Prosecutors Frank L. Stephen and Sheriff E R Sherman lead the case in Twin Falls Idaho against Mrs Lyda Southard accused of poisoning her fourth husband. It is charged her three prior husbands and her child died under mysterious circumstances. She is married to a fifth.
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Frank L. Stephen
Upper
Twin Alle
Idaho
E. R. Sherman
Lyda Southard
Booze Trail Linked to Arbuckle Death Inquiry
Prohibition officials in Seattle investigate a liquor trail tied to the Fatty Arbuckle death party in San Francisco. Roy C. Lyle says Seattle is a hub for contraband liquor and has inquired about a shipload believed to have landed via Seattle en route to California.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Prohibition
Roy C. Lyle
Federal Prohibition Office
California
British Columbia
Virginia Rappe
Coast Guard
Washington
Lquor
Prohibition Office
Marking Time as Arbuckle Case Awaits Judge Arraignment
In San Francisco on October 6, both defense and prosecution marked time in the Roscoe Arbuckle manslaughter case tied to Virginia Rappe of Los Angeles. They awaited Superior Judge Louderbach to call the case for a formal arraignment and trial date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Roscoe Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Los Angeles
Louderbach
Mystery Man Freed From Jail Talks Little
L. D. Atkinson known as mystery man was released from the city jail Monday night after being held in communicado since the Mahoney trial began. He declined to discuss the fraud case involving Dolores Johnson and said he would secure witnesses in St. Paul. He stated he was arrested and released at his own request and lives with his wife at 1140 16th Ave.
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L. D. Atkinson
Mahoney
Dolores Johnson
St. Paul
Atkinson
16Th Ave
Oil Company Plant Is Fire Threatened
Chemical apparatus from Martinez aided in fighting a blaze at the Associated Oil Company's Avon plant four miles away after an oil well exploded at 4 o clock in the morning. The fire, thought to be under control, rekindled and threatened pipelines as reported from the plant.
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Oil Company
Martinez
Cal
Associated Oil Company
Avon
At & O
UC Student Fulmer Hines Found Dead in Estuary
Fulmer Hines, UC student and member of a wealthy Los Angeles family, was found dead in an Oakland estuary after being missing for a week. The body was partially clothed and identification relied on a signet ring.
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Oakland
Cal
Fulmer Hines
University of California
Los Angeles
California Fig Syrup Endorsed For Children’s Bowels
A parental appeal promotes genuine California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for babies and children. It claims a single teaspoon can prevent illness tomorrow, urges mothers to insist on the real product to avoid imitations, and notes directions are on the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Posse Member Slain in Mistaken Identity in Grass Valley
In Grass Valley California on October 6 a posse member, Charles Beck, was shot and killed by a fellow officer after being mistaken for a bank bandit from the Loyalton heist. Bandits who robbed the Sierra Valley bank fled in a car, later hijacked another vehicle, and escaped into the Antelope mountains as posses close in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grass Valley
Cal
Sierra Valley
Loyalton
Charles Beck
Antelope
Spokane Posses Hunt Bandits After Bank Robbery
Spokane posses search Spokane county for two bandits who robbed the Spangle State bank at Spangle, escaping with 6150 and wounding assistant cashier Miss Ruth Jennings in the arm. Descriptions from several citizens aid the manhunt, but no trace yet.
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Spokane
Spokane County
Spangle
Ruth Jennings
Mias Jennings
Revolversa
Seattle Community Chest organizes regional aid network
The Community Chest will maintain offices at the Central Building with Frank Burteson in charge. The movement began two years ago after the Chamber of Commerce charity endorsement board studied Eastern models and secured 43 participating organizations. The list includes Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, YMCAs, YWCA, and numerous homes and leagues. Mayor Caldwell serves as honorary president. a large executive committee and board oversee budgeting and publicity efforts.
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Community Chest
81&Aintain
Central Building
Frank Burteson
Cleveland
Akros
Movement For Chest
Movement For A Community Chest
Seattle
Reau
Chamber of Com
American Red Cross
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Big Sisters
Boy Scouts
Briscoe Orphan Boy Home
Campfire Girls
Florence Crittenton Home
Educational Center
House of Good Shepherd
King County Humane Society
Ladies of the G. A. R. Home
Lebanon Rescue Home
Lighthouse For the Blind
Lyng Home Association
Near East Relief
Oliver Branch
Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Society
Washington
Girls’ Home
Ryther Child
Sacred Heart Orphanage
Salvation Army
Scandinavian Seamen's Mission
Community Service
Washington Children’s Home
W. C. T. U. Americanization Department
White Cross Ant Narcotic League
Northwest
Hugh M. Caldwell
Community Fund
Drark Weed Willis
Frank Waterhouse
Reginald H. Parsons
Laurence 8. Booth
Clifford Wiley
E.L. Blaine
R. H. Parsons
T. 8. Lippy
J. C. Munday
William Pigott
W. L. Rhodes
Otto Kegel
Henry Landes
Ralph Stacy
L. J. Colman
Booth
Josiah Collins
Nathan Eckstein
Archie Taft
B. C. Beck
Nathan S Beckstein
Samuel Koch
J. F. Douglas
C. D. Stimson
J. A. Haight
Fred Ernst
King Dykeman
Leo Schwabacher
E. L. Blaine
Hiram Read
T. P. Rugge
Frank M. Sullivan
William Short
Fleming
George Danworth
Herbert Schoenfeld
J. B. Carrigan
U S nickel composition noted as three quarters copper
A brief note outlines the United States nickel composition as seventy five percent copper with the remainder made of nickel and other metals. The source emphasizes the coin's metallic makeup.
DAIL EIREANN HOW TO SAY IT AND WHAT MEANING
The New York World explains how to spell and pronounce the Dail Eireann and what the term means. It notes Dail Eireann is the Irish house of representatives with 85 Sinn Fein members meeting in Dublin or any place chosen by the body. In 1916 they read the Irish republic constitution outside Nelson's Pillar. Sinn Fein is pronounced Shin Fane.
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New York World
Eireann
House of Representatives
Irish House of Commons
Ireland
Dublin
Nelson's Pillar
Osborn Tale of Baby Death Under Legal Scrutiny
Testimony recalls a night of packing at 2400 Fuhrman Ave as Mrs. Osborn describes a sequence leading to her baby Luccy’s injuries and death. She recounts a bath incident, blood loss, a hospital transfer, a blood transfusion, and a later fatal diagnosis amid conflicting neighbor statements.
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Mrs. Osborn
Fuhrman Ave
Baby
Puyallup Fair Sees 17 000 Attend Opening Day
Puyallup Wash Oct 5 Thousands flocked to the twenty third Western Washington fair with weather set for a larger crowd than the 17000 counted opening day A parade of 4000 children highlighted yesterday program A incident saw W H Pauthamus attacked by jockey Bob Small who was alleged drunk Derby Day features horses from Northwest Canada on the card
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Puyallup
Wash
Washington Fair
W. H. Pauthamus
Bob Small
Paulth
Small
Northwest
Canada
Girl Quarrel Ends in Suicide Attempt by LySol
After a quarrel with her sister Tuesday night Miss Bertha Edmonds a 70 year old waitress swallowed Lysol in a failed attempt to take her life. She was rushed to City Hospital where doctors removed her from danger. She left the hospital Wednesday morning and returned home at 369 Senecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Edmonds
City Hospital
Miss Edmonds
Efo
Senecast
Additional bonus bonds legal says state supreme court
Olympia Oct 6 The state supreme court ruled that additional holders’ bonus bonds may be issued and accepted for permanent investment in school funds to cover claims in excess of the 11 million dollars appropriated by the last legislature. The court held bond issues are constitutional and not limited to the estimate.
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Olympia
State Supreme Court
Inquest Set for Baby Lucy’s Death in Aberdeen
An inquest will be held in the county morgue at 9 am. Carmody notes baby Lucy was born December 18 in St Josephs hospital Aberdeen. Ruth Marie Pappas, wife of a Greek restaurant proprietor, is named as the mother after a divorce. Lucy was placed in care with Mrs Osborn.
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Storma
Invest Carmody
St. Joseph's Hospital
Aberdeen
Lucy
Alice Brens
Ruth Marie Pappas
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Health Boost
Advertised as a vegetable laxative substitute for calomel, Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to improve skin tone, eyes, and appetite by stimulating the liver and bowels. The ad promises pink skin, buoyancy, and relief from constipation with one or two nightly doses, selling millions of boxes at 15¢ and 8d.
To Have Curly Wavy Hair Like Nature's Own
Advertises plain liquid silmerine as a harmless method for achieving curls and waves without hot irons. Claims hair gains luster and liveliness, resembling Nature's own, with easy manageability when directions are followed.
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Bnai B'rith
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Ward
MecNally
Schang
P. Giants
Burns
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Young
Kelly
E. Meusel
Rawlings
Arbuckle
Lyle
Texas
U. S
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Marie
Cle Elum
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Blewett Pass
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